Rip Cheato

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Rip Cheato
Rip Cheato brighter
First appearance Paper Mario (2000)
“I, the eminent Rip Cheato, will sleep better knowing you've bought this, for you are a man of great taste.”
Rip Cheato, Paper Mario

Rip Cheato is a shady character that appears in Paper Mario. His name is derived from "rip-off" and "cheater". He sells Mario items for 64 coins (a reference to the Nintendo 64, the console Paper Mario was released for) in the last room of Toad Town Tunnels. He has a few Star Pieces for sale, but he also has junk items such as Dried Shrooms that Mario must buy first in order to collect all his finer wares.

The pipe in his room leads to the blue locked house in Toad Town, known as the Odd House, which is near Tayce T. The pipe makes a convenient secondary entrance to the tunnels.

List of Items[edit]

The items are always acquired in a set order, as follows:

  1. Star Piece
  2. Life Shroom
  3. Bump Attack Badge
  4. Repel Gel
  5. Star Piece
  6. Super Shroom
  7. Mushroom
  8. Dried Shroom
  9. Dried Shroom
  10. Star Piece
  11. (and onwards) Dried Shroom

Tattle[edit]

  • "He's a merchant by the name of Rip Cheato. Who knows why he set up here... I guess it doesn't matter. People can sell stuff wherever they want. It's their choice. I actually kind of like it here. It's like a secret fort!"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ボッタクール[1]
Bottakūru
Comes from「ぼっ手繰る」(bottakuru, to rip off)
Chinese 掠奇多[?]
Lüèqíduō
From the English name
French Rip Cheato[?] -
German R. Ozzo.[?] Mirror name of "Z. Orro", German name of Chet Rippo
Spanish Rip Truco[?] "Truco" means "trick" or "cheat".

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Goombario's tattle on Rip Cheato states ボッタクールって 名前の しょうばいにんなんだ なんで こんなところに いるんだろ from the Japanese version of Paper Mario. See also [1]